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VISIT TO HONGKONG TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1928.

DISHONEST WOMAN.

SIX WEEKS FOR THEFT OF NANKING CLOTH.

A 15-year-old giri recently ar Sentence of six weeks hard la rived from the country, appeared bour was imposed by Major C as the principal witness in a caso Willson yesterday afternoon on a before Mr. R. E. Lindsell yoster Chinese woman, who was convict day, in which two men were charged on a charge of recolving one ed with receiving and harbouring case of Nanking cloth, stolen from her.

the China Navigation Company. The proceedings were instituted Evidence was givan to show that on a complaint received from the a Chinese funk, of which the de- mother at the Secrétariat for Chi-fondant was mistress, was engag- nese Affairs, and when the case ed to convey a cargo of sundries opened yesterday, Mr. R. A. D. on October 10, from the Chenan Forrest appeared to prosecute on to the China Navigation Comi behalf of the Secretariat Hephny's godown at West Point. slated he was disposed to with draw the charge against one of the men, Chan Wa-po, and would consider the possibility of using him as a witness in the cas against the other man.

Chan Wa-po was accordingly discharged, "and the case against Choung. Kam-muk, was proceeded with, a second count of taking an unmarried girl out of the passes sion of her parents being added.

Mr. Lindsell then said that a point argued before, was whether. in bringing a girl into the. Colony it was still part of the charge of taking her away from her mother's custody and control. It was point which he would have to consider.

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Among other things, two cases of Nanking cloth were landed on the junk. According to the tally shoots from the steamer two cases left the steamer and according to the No. 1 at the godown two cases were taken in. The evidence show ed, however, that when the polles raided the woman's junk the fol lowing day, they found the con tents of one of the cases, hidden under some bedboards on the junk. The packing case WIS found in another part of the junk.

When the police raided the junk, the defendant at first disclaimed all knowledge of the whereabouts of the cloth, but later showed the detectives where it was hidden.

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TWO SMALL FIRES.

BOTH DUE TO' SHEER CARELESSNESS.

Two fires occurred last ovaning within a space of an hour, neither of them proving serious, however, very little damage being caused.

Cheung Yee-mul, the girl in Mr. C. A. S. Russ, who appeared question, stated she lived in the for the defence, put the woman village of Hau San, Heungshan in the witness box, where she told district, with her parents. Her the Magistrate that In the course mother had often raised the ques of the loading the case involved

The first outbreak occurred in tion of her being usefully cm-was broken, and in order to pro- the third floor of 97, Wing Lok ployed and supplementing the tact the contents, she tucked thent Street, over a shou-shop. A heap family's income. She consequent away under her bedboards. Ar-of rubbish which had accumulated ly left her home and came to riving at the godown, she forgot on the verandah caught fire from Hongkong on October 5, by way of all about the cloth, but when it the lighted ond of a carelessly- Shekki. The trip was made with was near the hour of midnight, discarded cigarette. The blazo out the knowledge of her mother, she recollected the matter and sent was subdued with water thrown- While nt Shekki, sho met a foki to tell the godown people from fire buckets by the Brigade Cheung Kam-fuk by. chance on the of what had taken place. On the when they arrived at the scene. ferry boat, and they came together toki's arrival at the godown, he to Hongkong, 'ake paying for her found the place closed for the own fare with the money she got night. Early the next morning from home. On arrival here she the foki was again sent to notify stayed alone for one night in a the godown, but he arrived too ear- boarding-house, after which, at ly and the godown was not yet the instigation of the defendant, opened. Before the woman could she went to live in Second Street. do anything further, the police

A bed-space was rented in a fire-raided her boat.

wood shop, of which a woman was The next witness, for the de-

the mistress. It was to this wo-fence was the joki who supported Iman that she handed two dollars the mistress' story.

as rent. The money was pald Major Willson in passing son- through Chan Wa-po, who, she un-ience remarked that he believed derstood, was a friend of the de- the story of the prosecution, fendant.

No Case Made Out,

Questioned by his Worship, wit ness said the defendant belonged to the same vilinge, and that there was no pre-arrangement for her trip to Hongkong. It was entire- ly her own iden,

On meeting the defendant on board the Shekki tow-boat, he had. asked her about the business which took her 66 Hongkong, and she had then told him that her mother had advised her to come to the Colony to find employment..

MURDER TRIAL.

CASE AGAIN BEFORE KOW-

LOON MAGISTRATE,

The hearing of the preliminary trial of a cake-maker on a charge of murdering two Chinese outside No. 111, Woosung Street on Sep- tomber 19, was continued before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday ́ afternoon. Witness was unable to give n

Mr. H. Someraet Fitzroy is ap- satisfactory reply when asked why pearing for the Crown while Mr. she had told alle to the defendant in-shing Lo (instructed by Mr. in connexion with the statement J. M. Hall) is defending. Mr. that she made the trip with her. M. Remedies holds a watching mother's knowledge and consent. brief on behalf of the relatives of

Is Worship Intimated to Mr. the deceased persons. Forrest that he did not desire to. proceed further, with the

The accountant of a teashoợp at|| case. No. 127, Woosung Street said that There was no evidence on which sometime after his shop had open- to prove the charge that the girled at 4 am on September 19, he was taken out of the possession anw a man standing outside the! of her mother. She had told de door apparently, wounded. The fendant she was sent here to find man was holding his hands to work by her mother, and in viewgether and making the motions of of this, he could not be accused person worshipping. He was of harbouring if he found a place

for her to live in.

Mr. Forrest agreed that his case had broken down by the evidence, which, he commented, was differ ent from the statement previously made to him.

Defendant was discharged.

JAPANESE PLANES.

SQUADRON LEAVES TIENTSIN FOR TSINAN.

Tientsin, Oct. 28, The squadron of Japanese planes stationed at Tientsin since

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saying, "Sir, save life," and ank ed for a Police, whistle,

An hour after the first call, the Brigade received another to a dra which had broken out in the kit them of the ground floor of 40, Des Voeux Road West. In this. case also, the blaze was started by a light thrown down amongst a Low some shavings. Within minutes of the firemen's arrivál,

the flames were extinguished.

KOWLOON MURDER,

IDENTITY OF VICTIM STILL "UNKNOWN"

Mystery surrounds the discovery, on Sunday morning near the Kow- Joon Hospital of the dead body For a Chinese male, with short cut hair, dark complexion, and dressed. like a labourer or a shop foki.

The Identity of the man is still: unknown, but the police bolleve that he was attacked on the road, dragged to a field nearby and') there done to death,

To add to the mystery, the handle of a chopper has been found on the rond near the body, whilst the head of the choppor was found in the dead man's pocket.

There are a number of wounds on the man's head while a ploco of tape was tied tightly around his neck

BUS V. RICSHA.

CURIOUS COLLISION ON SALISBURY ROAD.

involved in an accident which oc

A motor-bus and two ricshas were

curred at 8.90 yesterday afternoon in Salisbury Road, Kowloon,

A customer in the shop produc-. ed a whistle which was handed China Motor Bus. Company, was pro

The bus, which is owned by tho, to the man, who then left, witness teeding towards the Star Ferry when taking, no, further, notice of the ic collided, with a ricsha which was going in the same direction. Caught

Incident

Corroborative evidence

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given by the customer, who added the projection of the back step-

that the man's intestines were protruding.

The case was again adjourned.

of the bus, the resha had its mudguard almost ripped off, and in turning over to one side, bowled over a second ricsba which was travelling abreast with it

In the rioshas,, were, two,, Portugu PRS pasiongars, a man and a woman, who received, brulips on being thrown May, left this morning, for Tsinan. to the ground. The coplice were a

also The American squadron accom-slightly injured. panfed them to the outskirts of the The damage done to both rleshas districts.--Reuter.

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